Thomas Norman KINDNESS

(1929-2004)

KINDNESS, Thomas Norman, a
Representative from Ohio; born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn.,
August 26, 1929; graduated from Glendale High School, Glendale,
Calif., 1947; A.B., University of Maryland, College Park, Md.,
1951; LL.B., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1953;
lawyer, private practice; assistant counsel Champion International
Corp., 1957-1973; mayor of Hamilton, Ohio, 1964-1967; member,
Hamilton, Ohio, City Council, 1964-1969; member of the Ohio state
house of representatives, 1971-1974; delegate, Ohio State
Republican conventions, 1971-1974; elected as a Republican to the
Ninety-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1975-January 3, 1987); one of the managers appointed by the House
of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings
against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District
Court for Nevada; was not a candidate for reelection in 1986, but
was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate;
unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Second
Congress in 1990; died on January 8, 2004, in Exeter, England.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present